Deluxe Hardcover edition, featuring a photo insert, surfing map of Southern California, eight pages of the original script to the film Big Wednedsday, essays by Roger McGrath, Tatsuo Takei, Don James, and Peter Townend, as well as John Milius' original pitch letter to Lynn Nesbit, a surf term glossary, and new afterword
Based on true events and legendary surfers of the 1960s, the Big Wednesday novel follows three Malibu surfers as the joys of youth and their carefree lifestyles are challenged by societal expectations, the looming war in Vietnam, and the inevitable passage of time. The three friends, Matt, Jack, and Leroy, go their
separate ways, but are brought back together for one final challenge—the giant waves that hit Malibu and
the California coast, spring 1973.
- ISBN10 1644280965
- ISBN13 9781644280966
- Publish Date 23 September 2021 (first published 10 August 2021)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rare Bird Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English